Former bureaucrat Amit Khare gets extension as advisor to PM Modi

Former bureaucrat Amit Khare has been given extension as advisor to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. An order issued by Department of Personnel and Trainning said the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the extension in Mr Khare's tenure beyond October 12, 2023, for a period co-terminus with the term of Prime Minister. 

He was appointed to the post for two years in October 2021. Mr Khare, a



1985-batch (retired) Indian Administrative Service IAS officer of the Jharkhand cadre, had superannuated on 30th September 2021. 

In another order, the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet has approved the extension in tenure of Rajesh S Gokhale as secretary, Department of Biotechnology, for a period of two years, with effect from 1st November 2023.